A little Broadway to celebrate Maricopa theater’s 5th year

It’s a revue like Maricopa has not seen before. Dozens of local performers will help Maricopa Community Theatre celebrate its fifth anniversary in the Musical Extravaganza this week.

The shows are Thursday and Friday at 7 p.m. and Saturday at 5 p.m. Performances are in the Maricopa High School Lecture Hall, 45012 W. Honeycutt Ave.

MCT has performed musicals, dramas and comedies in its young existence. The two-act extravaganza will display some of what they have done and a lot of what they can do. Artistic Director Carrie Vargas said 31 people will be participating.

That includes music from Broadway shows like Les Miserables, The Music Man, Chicago, Little Shop of Horrors, Camp Rock, Into the Woods, Cinderella, Pippin, The Lion King, South Pacific, Beautiful, Wicked, If/Then, Once and Cabaret.

Vargas said some performers auditioned with two or three songs, and she had to edit that down for the sake of time. Most will be performing songs with which they auditioned. The exception is the re-creation numbers from previous shows.

“We pulled songs from our previous musicals, and I asked, if they were at all possibly available, for the original artist to come back and perform,” Vargas said.

Tickets for the Musical Extravaganza are $10 in advance and $15 at the door.